bzcat Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 Ford's plan to restart car production in India for export to Europe have been cancelled. It was due to release its Indian production plan in January but Ford told the State Govt of Tamil Nadu it is revaluating its plan to restart car production. And the latest news is that Ford will now use the plant to build engines only, but unclear on where these engines will go since Ford already has engine production facilities in US, China, and Europe and is not short on engine supplies. The obvious implication here is that Ford no longer sees a need to have production base for low cost cars for Europe. Those of you who still don't believe that Farley's ultimate plan is to stop selling mainstream passenger cars in Europe can noodle on this latest development... https://www.outlookbusiness.com/corporate/as-ford-plans-re-entry-into-india-what-went-wrong-last-time https://www.financialexpress.com/auto/news/trumps-tariffs-throw-a-wrench-in-fords-india-comeback-plans/3794615/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/us-automaker-ford-may-use-its-chennai-plant-to-manufacture-and-export-engines/articleshow/119145845.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/fords-india-return-is-the-carmaker-making-a-u-turn-or-just-a-pit-stop/articleshow/117946506.cms?from=mdr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 Another day, another new Ford plan lol 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted April 1, 2025 Share Posted April 1, 2025 (edited) No Ecosport for you…… (Seinfeld Soup Nazi reference) Edited April 1, 2025 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted October 31, 2025 Share Posted October 31, 2025 (edited) Ford's flip-flopping continues lol..... Ford Will Spend $370 Million On Engine Production In India Ford announced that it would be ending its manufacturing operations in India back in 2021, after which it sold the the Sanand Assembly plant to Tata Motors, though it never found a buyer for the Chennai Assembly plant. A little over a year ago, The Blue Oval surprisingly announced that it would restart production there, but those plans were put on ice in February - and were once again allegedly threatened by tariffs mere weeks ago. However, it now seems as if Ford will be reviving its manufacturing operations in India soon, regardless According to Bloomberg, Ford now plans to invest 32.50 billion rupees ($370 million) in India, which will be used to retool the Maraimalai Nagar manufacturing site in the southern state of Tamil Nadu for production of "high-end" engines. The plant will have an annual capacity of around 200,000 units, which will be built there but exported to other markets - though not the U.S. - which isn't surprising given the fact that India is currently dealing with a 50 percent tariff for goods exported to America. Edited November 3, 2025 by rmc523 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted October 31, 2025 Author Share Posted October 31, 2025 This plan doesn't make any sense. As I mentioned in the OP, Ford doesn't have any shortage of engines. Unless of course, they plan to end engine production in Europe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted November 1, 2025 Share Posted November 1, 2025 Same model as the Las Vegas Strip has adopted,? Elimination of middle class customers by making everything more expensive and just rely on fewer but more wealthy patronage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted November 1, 2025 Share Posted November 1, 2025 15 minutes ago, jpd80 said: Same model as the Las Vegas Strip has adopted,? Elimination of middle class customers by making everything more expensive and just rely on fewer but more wealthy patronage. Recipe for disaster. I think high end vehicles are a nice sweetener, I fully support the mustang GTD, or bronco raptor, or gt as vehicles which are both highly profitable, but also boost Ford's reputation as a badass enthusiast brand. I fully believe Ford has a real future in building a strong base around higher margin iconic products. But I also believe Ford needs to have a more balanced approach. It sounds like CE1 is gonna be a hero of epic proportions, but Ford needs to go even further beyond that with things like more c2 offerings. Especially as it looks increasingly likely that we're gonna head into a recession in the near future. Affordable offerings are extremely important right now. The maverick is great, but we need more of that with affordable crossover, SUV, van, sedan, hatchback, and coupe offerings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted November 1, 2025 Share Posted November 1, 2025 5 hours ago, bzcat said: This plan doesn't make any sense. As I mentioned in the OP, Ford doesn't have any shortage of engines. Unless of course, they plan to end engine production in Europe... Separate sources suggest not for North America (tariffs for one) but Europe seams likely but would require a decent ICE product to justify a high-end engine….could all be wishful thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted November 1, 2025 Share Posted November 1, 2025 From the Detroit News, via Bloomberg: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2025/10/31/ford-to-invest-370-million-in-india-defying-trumps-local-push/87006923007/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone Posted November 2, 2025 Share Posted November 2, 2025 21 hours ago, mackinaw said: From the Detroit News, via Bloomberg: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2025/10/31/ford-to-invest-370-million-in-india-defying-trumps-local-push/87006923007/ That was more of a political article than one that was informative about the decision/details of producing the engine there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted November 3, 2025 Share Posted November 3, 2025 Ford’s plan for Europe is disjointed, not sure that it really understands what buyers want (not what they’re building$ No escape/Kuga replacement is insane Relying on MEB Escape/Capri sales also insane Puma is promising as hybrid and BEV Wish they’d get a clue and do C2s that way.,.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted November 3, 2025 Share Posted November 3, 2025 On 11/1/2025 at 12:34 PM, mackinaw said: From the Detroit News, via Bloomberg: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2025/10/31/ford-to-invest-370-million-in-india-defying-trumps-local-push/87006923007/ What a dumb article. Production of those engines would obviously be for local/regional offerings, and nothing to do with the US/US production. Crazy how media has to bend over backward to skew things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted November 3, 2025 Share Posted November 3, 2025 39 minutes ago, rmc523 said: What a dumb article. Production of those engines would obviously be for local/regional offerings, and nothing to do with the US/US production. Crazy how media has to bend over backward to skew things. TLDR-50% tariffs on things made in India for USA makes it untenable to do so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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